Jela Krecic Zizek
Auteur de None Like Her (Peter Owen World Series: Slovenia)
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de Jela Krecic Zizek
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1979-02-26
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Slovenia
- Études
- University of Ljubljana (Ph.D|2009)
- Professions
- writer
poet
journalist - Relations
- Krečič, Peter (father)
Žižek, Slavoj (husband)
Membres
Critiques
Prix et récompenses
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 3
- Membres
- 13
- Popularité
- #774,335
- Évaluation
- 2.0
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 6
- Langues
- 2
The main character is utterly unlikeable, and his friends aren't great either, but this is surely a deliberate provocation to the reader to think more closely about the reallife attitudes they mirror. Partway through I wondered if there were parallels to be drawn between the main character's breakup, and subsequent flings with other women -- and this echoing Slovenia's recent history and necessity of finding a new place in the world post-Yugoslavia. A fun game to play, but ultimately I'm not sure I know enough about the country to be sure this reading works (I'd love to hear other readers' thoughts on this!)
Ultimately, for me, it was a bit too episodic, and lacked any real depth. But that probably says more about my biassed expectations that translated fiction should be highly literary! Approached as a exploration of what it is to be in your twenties in the 2010s in Slovenia and beyond, it is a fun and readable. Pleased that Peter Owen / Istros Books and translator Olivia Hellewell have made this available in English.… (plus d'informations)